Guidelines for Excellence
      Nonformal EE Programs
      For students, parents, educators, home schoolers,  
      administrators, policy makers, and the public
                                                                          North American Association
                                                                          for Environmental Education
                The North American Association 
                  for Environmental Education
           The North American Association for Environmental Education (NAAEE) is a network 
           of professionals, students, and volunteers working in the field of environmental 
           education throughout North America and in over 55 countries around the world.
           NAAEE combines the perspectives of the environmental and educational 
           communities, taking a cooperative, non-confrontational, scientifically balanced 
           approach to promoting life-long learning about environmental issues.
           NAAEE members think about how people become literate concerning environmental 
           issues and believe education must go beyond consciousness-raising about these issues. 
           It must prepare people to think together about the difficult decisions they have to make 
           concerning environmental stewardship, and to work together to improve, and try to 
           solve, environmental problems.
           NAAEE recognizes the need for a coherent body of information about environmental 
           issues. Its members also recognize that information and analysis are only part of an 
           effective education program. To be truly effective, this body of knowledge must be 
           integrated into all aspects of the curriculum and into all types of educating institutions 
           for the widest array of audiences.
           In order to provide support for environmental education and its practitioners, NAAEE 
           offers a variety of professional products, events, and services. These include the 
           NAAEE Annual Conference, printed and electronic publications, Internet-based 
           resources, and representation among leading organizations within the educational and 
           environmental communities.
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             NoNformal 
             ENviroNmENtal 
             EducatioN Programs: 
             guidEliNEs for 
             ExcEllENcE
                       North American Association
                       for Environmental Education
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          This book represents another in a series of documents published by NAAEE as part of the National Project 
          for Excellence in Environmental Education. For more information on the National Project for Excellence in 
          Environmental Education, visit: www.naaee.org/npeee.
          Members of the Guidelines Writing Team
          Bora Simmons       Director, National Project for Excellence in Environmental Education, Institute for a 
                             Sustainable Environment, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon
          Ed McCrea          Writer, Environmental Education and Conservation Global, Coudersport, Pennsylvania
          Andrea Shotkin     Editor/Layout & Design, Rockville, Maryland
          Drew Burnett       Office of Environmental Education, Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, 
                             D.C.
          Kathy McGlauflin   Project Learning Tree, Washington, D.C.
          Richard Osorio     College of Agricultural and Environmental Science, Cooperative Extension Service, 
                             University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia
          Celeste Prussia    Missouri Botanical Garden, Saint Louis, Missouri
          Andy Spencer       Denver Zoo, Denver, Colorado
          Brenda Weiser      Environmental Institute of Houston, University of Houston-Clear Lake, Houston, Texas
          Special thanks to the hundreds of environmental educators who reviewed drafts of this document. 
          The United States Environmental Protection Agency’s Environmental Education Division funded this project 
          through the Environmental Education and Training Partnership (EETAP) under U.S. EPA agreements NT-
          82865901-3 and NT-83272501-3. The contents of this document do not necessarily reflect the views and policies of 
          the U.S. EPA, nor does mention of trade names or commercial products constitute endorsement or recommendation 
          for use.
          EETAP and Northern Illinois Universityprovided additional funding and support for this project.
          Additional copies of this book, plus others in the series, can be obtained from:
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          ISBN 1-884008-89-5                               www.eelink.net
          Copyright © 2004, 2009 by the North American Association for Environmental Education (NAAEE). Commercial 
          reproduction of any material in this publication is strictly prohibited without written 
          permission from the publisher, NAAEE. Educators may photocopy up to 100 copies of 
          these materials for non-commercial educational purposes.
          Printed on recycled paper.
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